Anyone looking at this could guess the solution would be ‘Give yourself a round of applause,’ but one contestant had a very different vision.
Will said he’d “like to solve the puzzle,” offering the following phrase: “Treat yourself to a round of sausage.”
After being told he was incorrect, his fellow contestant Kitina provided the correct answer, although Seacrest then joked to Will, “I kind of like yours better.”
“That sounds better than just clapping right now,” he added.
Wheel of Fortune correspondent Maggie Sajak spoke to Will after the show.
“Alright Will, we had a little missolve in the first game… that’s OK, could you walk me through how you’re feeling?” she said in a video shared on social media.
Will explained: “I tell you, when the lights are on, and you know, the stars and Ryan Seacrest, Vanna White… I just went blank.”
Maggie father is former Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak, and Will said perhaps he’d find the answer amusing.
“But, if your dad, in retirement, is watching this show, maybe cracks a beer and gets a laugh, it was worth it,” Will joked.
“I will make sure that we tune in that night, OK? That’s a promise,” Maggie said.
“Awesome. And I’m sure I’m gonna have sausages in my locker and police car when I get back, so we’ll try and have some fun with it,” Will replied, referencing what may happen when he returns to work as a police officer.
